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NOTES & SUG- 
GESTIONS ON 
SCHOOL ROOM 
DECORATION 



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PUBLIC SCHOOL 

ART LEAGUB 



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MEMORIAL ROOM, HORACE MANN SCHOOL, 
NEWBURY STREET, BOSTON 



To somcwh at ennoble 
the surroundings of school 
life, to gii'e the children 
a glimpse of a finer world, 
ivould be our wish. The 
school children of to-day are 
soon to be the citizens of the 
Republic. 



NOTES & SUGGESTIONS 

ON SCHOOL ROOM 

DECORATION. 

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THE BOSTON 

PUBLIC SCHOOL 

ART LEAGUE. 



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COPYRIGHT 1898 BY THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL ART LEAGUE 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Page 
FRONTISPIECE . I 

THE CONSTITUTION 3 

LIST OF OFFICERS 4 

PURPOSE OF THE LEAGUE 5 

BEGINNING OF THE MOVEMENT . ■. 6 

WORK IN SALEM .- 6 

ORGANIZATION OF THE LEAGUE 6 

ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL 7 

RICE PRIMARY SCHOOL .7 

AGASSIZ SCHOOL 7 

MEMORIAL ROOMS 7 

GILBERT STUART SCHOOL 8 

HIGH SCHOOL AT MEDFORD • . -9 

APPLETON STREET SCHOOL, HOLYOKE 9 

SOCIETIES AND CLUBS INTERESTED lO 

ADDRESSES AT CONVENTIONS, ETC 10 

PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS 10 

TINTING OF THE WALLS lO 

LITERATURE OF THE SUBJECT II 

LIST OF MR. ARTHUR ASTOR CAREY'S COLLECTION .... I3-16 

MR. WALTER GILMAN PAGE'S LIST 17-23 

LIST OF JOINT COMMITTEE 24-26 

LETTERS, ETC 27-3 O 



THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL ART LEAGUE 



THE CONSTITUTION. 
OBJECT. 

The Public School Art League, of Boston, is instituted to pro- 
mote the adornment of schoolrooms, and the cultivation of art 
in the schools. 

OFFICERS. 

The officers of the League shall consist of a President, a Vice- 
President, a Treasurer, a Secretary, and a Board of five directors. 

MEETINGS. 

There shall be two annual meetings ; on the first Monday in 
October and the first Monday in May. Fifteen members shall 
constitute a quorum. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

All persons who desire to further the objects of the League 
shall be eligible to membership. 

DUES. 

The dues shall be two dollars, payable the first Monday in 
October. 

ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 

The election of officers shall be held on the first Monday in 
May. 

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OFFICERS. 

Henry W. Putnam, President. 
Frank A. Hill, Vice-President. 
Arthur Astor Carey, Treasurer, 

29 Fairfield Street, Boston. 

Walter Gilman Page, Secretary, 

90 Westland Avenue, Boston. 

directors. 

Mrs. F. B. Ames, Ross Turner, 

Mrs. E. H. Richards, C. Howard Walker, 

James Mahoney. 

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JT is the ideal of the League to make the school- 
house a temple worthy to receive, and fitted 
to inspire, the children of all the people to the 
dignity of free citizenship in the Republic. 

We urge, first of all, that the school build- 
ings be of good architecture, attractive with- 
out, and worthy to receive adornment within. 

We would decorate the corridors, rooms, and halls, with repro- 
ductions of the masterpieces of art, — photographs, casts, and, 
should our means ever permit, with the more costly works of 
art, selecting, arranging, and grouping according to the grade 
and mental range of the pupils concerned. 



This movement, though still in its infancy, has already pro- 
duced visible results, not only in Boston and in many other cities 
and towns in New England, but throughout the entire country, 
being taken up with a zeal which would seem incredible to those 
who see in art only a form of luxury. 

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The work began in Boston in 1871, with the decoration of the 
hall in the Girls' High School. In 1883 (School Document 20) 
the Boston School Committee suggested help and action in 
line with the movement of the English Committee, headed by 
John Ruskin. 

Not long afterwards, in Salem, Mr. Ross Turner, feeling the 
lack of appreciation for all things artistic in America, when 
he saw the handsome Phillips School building just completed, 
thought that here, in the schoolroom with the children, was the 
place to begin, if America was ever to appreciate such things. 
He found the school authorities, teachers, and pupils most ready 
to cooperate. A considerable sum of money was raised, and the 
result was the decoration of four rooms in the Phillips School 
building with large solar prints and casts ; the city tinting the 
walls at its own expense. The spaces for pictures were filled 
with regard to size, nothing being sacrificed to mere ornamenta- 
tion. One room was decorated as a Roman room, another as 
American, the third with subjects of the Italian Renaissance, 
and the fourth with Egyptian subjects. The room of the Italian 
Renaissance is perhaps the most complete and interesting. Here 
the light was cold and cheerless in effect, and to offset this the 
walls were tinted with a light Venetian red. For decoration, 
five large casts of the bas-relief of Luca della Robbia were used. 
The large space at the end of the room was adorned with a large 
photograph of the "Aurora," by Guido Reni. 

The Colonial Room has busts of Washington, Lafayette, John 
Adams, pictures of Mount Vernon, Independence Hall at Phila- 
delphia, etc. This school was also presented with a fine engrav- 
ing (one of the few rare ones of 1 801) of the battle of Bunker 
Hill. This attempt at the decoration of the Phillips School 
attracted instant attention among the friends of education every- 
where. The school was visited by large numbers of people from 
all parts of the United States, Canada, and even from Europe, 

Other buildings that have been in part decorated in Salem are 
the Bentley, Bertram, Saltonstall, and High schools. 

In May, 1892, the Public School Art League was formed in 

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Boston, being the first attempt to organize the movement on a 
large scale, and sufficient funds were collected to decorate two 
rooms, a petition having been presented to the School Board. 
Among the twenty-four names attached to this petition were 
those of Phillips Brooks, Edward Everett Hale, Julia Ward 
Howe, Francis A. Walker, Eben N, Horsford, and Charles G. 
Loring. As a result of the favorable action of the School Board, 
a room in the EngHsh High School was decorated with photo- 
graphs and casts pertaining to Roman art and history. 

A room in the Rice Primary School was also decorated with 
pictures and casts, mainly relating to American history. 

In 1 894, the Agassiz School, Burroughs Street, Jamaica Plain, 
with the cooperation of the principal of th5 school and under 
the leadership of Mr. Walter Oilman Page, then a member of the 
Boston School Board, was decorated. The large assembly hall 
was hung with pictures illustrative of American history, such as 
"Washington Crossing the Delaware," portraits of Washington, 
Lafayette, Adams, etc., etc. 

The upper corridor contains busts of Hamilton, Webster, 
Sumner, Phillips, Agassiz, and Mann. The middle corridor is 
filled with casts taken from subjects of Italian and Grecian art, 
such as six slabs from the Parthenon frieze, "Boys and Girls 
Singing and Playing on Instruments," by Luca della Robbia, a 
statue of Sophocles, busts of Zeus, Apollo, Diana, Minerva, etc. 

The lower corridor contains busts of Washington, Franklin, 
Jefferson, Lincoln, Grant, etc. 

Class Room No. 6 is to be decorated with subjects pertaining 
to English history. At present it contains busts of Sir Isaac 
Newton and Shakespeare. Additions will be made by successive 
graduating classes. 

MEMORIAL ROOMS 

HE decoration of a room in the Latin School, War- 
ren Avenue, with subjects pertaining directly to 
the war of the Revolution, was permitted by the 
generosity of one of the descendants of Samuel 
Adams, under direction of Mr. Page. 
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Also one of the halls of the Horace Mann School, on Newbury 
Street, was splendidly decorated under the personal supervision 
of Mr. Ross Turner. 

The style is Renaissance, though there are some casts from 
the antique. 

The walls are tinted a soft Pompeian red, and the woodwork 
is oak. 

At one end of the room is a small stage, and just above it is 
a memorial panel, on a gold background. The ornaments and 
lettering are white and green, in Renaissance design. 

Above this are five casts from Luca della Robbia, in unbroken 
line, giving a striking effect. 

To the right and to the left of the stage are two pedestals, 
also richly ornamented ; on these stand two fine Japanese vases, 
of pale greenish hue, unadorned save with their own color. On 
certain occasions these are filled with flowers. 

On the walls, to the right and left, are busts of Apollo Belvi- 
dere and Minerva. 

On one large panel of the wall are two bas-reliefs from the 
Elgin marbles. On the opposite side are placed busts of Wash- 
ington and Lincoln. 

The electric fixtures for lighting the room are also designed 
to give further effect to the Renaissance feeling of the decora- 
tion, 

GILBERT STUART SCHOOL 

IN May, 1 897, in recognition and in appreciation of 
the naming of this school after one of the most 
distinguished of American painters, the Boston 
artists, at a meeting held at the Boston Art Club, 
voted to issue a circular to the members of their 
profession in Boston, asking for contributions of 

pictures in oil, watercolor, pastel, or black and white, to adorn 

the walls of the principal's room. 

In consequence, the school contains a collection of original 

works of art, many of them signed by men of wide reputation 

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and high standing in the artistic world. This school is the most 
complete as to wall tinting in the city of Boston. 



THE HIGH SCHOOL AT MEDFORD 




|HIS is one of the best illustrations of a decorated 

school building, and is due to the efforts of Mr. 

Dunham and others. 

On the first floor are pictures of the Landing 

of Columbus, Departure of the Pilgrim Fathers ; 

pictures of American scenery, such as Yellow- 
stone Falls, Niagara Falls, Pike's Peak, Mt. Shasta, Yosemite 
Valley, the Muir Glacier, Mt. Mitchell ; portraits of George 
Washington, Martha Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Grant, 
Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes, Emerson, Hawthorne, Lowell, 
Irving ; the library being decorated with pictures of Venetian 
and English scenes, famous cathedrals, palaces, and chateaux; 
and photographs of many of the masterpieces of art, as, for 
instance. The Last Judgment, by Michael Angelo ; The Last 
Supper, by Leonardo da Vinci ; The Transfiguration, by Raphael ; 
and The Immaculate Conception, by Donatello. 

The other floors and rooms are decorated with equal richness, 
space forbidding a detailed account. 



THE APPLETON STREET SCHOOL, HOLYOKE, 

MASS. 



|HIS school is also very interesting, being especially 
well furnished with portraits of distinguished per- 
sons and photographs of noted buildings. 

Also, in Quincy, Brookline, Maiden, Wollaston, 

Auburn, N. Y., Brooklyn, N. Y., Providence, R. I., 

New Haven, Conn., Chicago, III, Oakland, Cal., 

and many other places, the work has been taken up with zeal, 

and tangible results have been obtained. 

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WORK OF SOCIETIES 

ANY societies and clubs have taken up the work, 
societies of women, in particular, doing loyal ser- 
vice. Among the societies contributing are the 
following : — 

Society of Sons of the Revolution, in the Com- 
monwealth, 

Paul Revere Chapter, Daughters of the Revolution. 

Woman's Relief Corps. 

Appalachian Mountain Club. 

Twentieth Century Club. 

Women's Educational and Industrial Union. 

The Historic Art Club (Manchester, N. H.). 



ADDRESSES AT CONVENTIONS, ETC. 

R. PAGE addressed the American Institution of 
Instruction, 1895, the Worcester County Teachers' 
Association, 1896, and gave addresses at many 
other minor meetings of clubs, associations, etc. 

Mr. Turner has given numerous addresses upon 
this subject, particularly in Boston, Lynn, Maiden, 
Melrose, Manchester, N. H., Dover, N. H., Auburn, N. Y., and 
Buffalo, N. Y. 



PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS 

T would be our desire to give as many practical 
hints and suggestions as possible, such information 
as school authorities and others interested are most 
desirous of receiving ; and for that reason we in- 
sert chapters on the following topics : — 

TINTING OF THE WALLS 
A consideration of the subject of wall-tinting led to unexpected 
results, namely, that the glaring white of the walls of our school- 




Tooms was not only inartistic but actually injurious to the pupils* 
eyes, straining and weakening them; and further consideration 
led to the welcome fact that art and hygiene were here at one, 
namely, that the tints which would rest and please the eye were 
also those which were most artistic, such as soft gray-greens 
or delicate shades of dull blue, while for halls and corridors terra 
cotta tones afford a contrast to the class rooms. Tints should 
be laid on in flat washes, the depth of color used should depend 
upon the lighting of the room ; ceilings must be tinted, as they 
reflect light. In general, thus, the tints are to be selected accord- 
ing to the situation of the room and the lighting of it. 

THE LITERATURE OF THE SUBJECT 

Report of the Commissioner of Education, William T. Harris, 
Washington, D. C, for 1895-96, vol. 2. 

Art Education, for December, 1897. 

The Atlantic, May, 1897. Article by Mrs. Sarah W. Whitman. 

The Atlantic, December, 1896, by C. Howard Walker. 

Kindergarten Magazine of Chicago, 1897. 

Appleton's Popular Science Monthly, April, 1897. 

Harper's Bazar, October 30, 1897. "Pictures in the Public 
Schools," by Miss Lillie Hamilton French. 

Harper's Weekly, December 25, 1897. " Pictures in our Public 
Schools," by Mrs. M. G. Van Rensselaer. 

Boston Herald, May, 1893. 

New York School Journal, June 27, 1896. 

New York School Journal, March 6, 1897. 

How to Beautify School Grounds, by C. R. Skinner. 

Boston Journal of Education, October 29, 1896. 

Colorado School Journal. (One department devoted to school 
decoration.) 

The Outlook, New York, January, 1898. 

Editorial notices in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia papers. 

Report of the Boston School Committee, 1893. 

Report of the Boston Drawing Committee, 1896. 

Art Education in the Public Schools, by James McAllister, Prang 
Art Ed. Papers, No. i. 

Schoolroom Decoration, by Paul Mantz (from monographs of the 
Universal Exposition, Paris, 1889). 



The Use of Pictures in Schools, by T. C. Horsfall, Manchester, 
England, 1890. 

Art Instruction in the Public School, by Douglas Volk, Ethical 
Culture Pamphlets, No. i, 1895. 

Decoration in the Schoolroom (reprinted from Kindergarten Maga- 
zine, April, 1895). 

Interior Decoration of Schoolhouses, W. G. Page, 1896. 

List of Casts and Pictures Suggested for the First Eight Years of 
School, by Miss Stella Skinner, Supervisor of Drawing, New Haven, 
Conn. 

List of Pictures and Casts for Public School Decoration, compiled 
and recommended by The Central Art Association of America. Chi- 
cago, 1897. 

Art in the School Room. Pictures and their Influence. Addresses 
by Ross Turner, Edward B. Morse, John Tetlow, and others. Prang 
Art Ed, Papers, No. 2. 

Kiinstlicher Bilderschmuck fiir Schulen. Von Dr. M. Spanier. 
Hamburg, 1897. 

Art for the Eye, Suggestions for Schoolroom Decoration, by Ross 
Turner. The Prang Educational Company, 1898. 

One of the questions most often asked is, "Where can we 
obtain a list of suitable reproductions of works of art .-' " We 
append, in answer, the following lists, first that of Mr. Arthur 
Astor Carey, whose collection of photographs is the most com- 
plete single list that has yet been put together, and is now on 
exhibition in the Boston Public Library ; secondly, that of Mr. 
Walter Oilman Page; and, thirdly, a list of works of art for 
schoolroom decoration by a joint committee representing the 
Boston Art Students' Association, Conference of Educational 
Workers, and the Public School Art League. 



LIST OF MR. ARTHUR ASTOR CAREY'S 
COLLECTION, NOW IN BOSTON 
PUBLIC LIBRARY 

Sculpture 

1. Elephant and Monkey, by Antoine Louis Barye. Price, unframed, $7.00; 

framed, $9.50. 

2. Elephant, by Antoine Louis Barye. Price, unframed, $7.00; framed, $9.50. 

3. General Gattamelata, by Donatello, 138 3-1466. Price, unframed, $7.00; 

framed, $10.40. 

4. Prince Lours of Conde, known as "Le Grand Conde," a. d. 1621-1686, by 

Emmanuel Fremiet. Price, unframed, $12.00; framed, $17-60. 
6. St. George and the Dragon, by Emmanuel Fremiet. Price, unframed, 
$10.00; framed, $13.95. 

8. Knight Errant, by Emmanuel Fremiet. Price, unframed, $12.00 ; framed, 

$17.90. 

9. Joan of Arc, by Emmanuel Fremiet. Price, unframed, $10.00 ; framed, 

$15.60. 

10. Lion, by Antoine Louis Barye. Price, unframed, $7.00; framed, $9.50. 

11. Venus of Milo. Ancient Greece. Discovered in the Island of Melos in 

1820. Price, unframed, $6.00 ; framed, $8.00. 

12. St. George, by Donatello. Florence, Italy. Price, unframed, $6.50; framed, 

$8.70. 

13. Bambino, from Foundling Hospital, Florence, Italy. By Andrea della Robbia,. 

1444-1527. Price, unframed, $7.00 ; framed, $9.00. 

14. Melpomene. Ancient Greece. Muse of Tragedy. Price, unframed, $7.00; 

framed, $9.50. 

15. Artemis. Ancient Greece. Goddess of Hunting. Price, unframed,. $5.00; 

framed, $7.20. 

16. Victory of Samothrace. Ancient Greece. Price, unframed, $5.00 ; framed, 

$7.20. 

17. Marcus Nonius Balbus, Roman Emperor. Price, unframed, $12.00; framed, 

$17.50. 

18. Lion. From the " Colonne de Juillet," by Antoine Louis Barye. Price, 

unframed, $7.00; framed, $9.50. 

19. Louis, Duke of Orleans. From the Chateau of Pierrefonds, France. By 

Emmanuel Fremiet. Price, unframed, $12.00; framed, $17.60. 

20. Hounds, by Emmanuel Fremiet. Price, unframed, $4.00; framed, $5.50. 

21. Isabelle of Bavaria, Queen of France, 1371-1435. By Emmanuel Fremiet. 

Price, unframed, $10.00; framed, $13.95. 

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23- Roman Horseman, by Emmanuel Fremiet. Price, unframed, $12.00; framed, 

$17.90. 
24. Dachshunds, by Emmanuel Fremiet, modern French sculptor. Price, un- 

framed, $4.00; framed, $5.50. 

26. Gallic Chief, by Emmanuel Fremiet. Price, unframed, $12.00; framed, 

$17.90. 

27. Panther, by Antoine Louis Barye. Price, unframed, $7.00; framed, $9.50. 

28. General CoLLEONi, by Verocchio, 1432-1488. Venice, Italy. Price, unframed, 

$10.00; framed, $13.95. 
35. Abraham Lincoln, from the statue by St. Gaudens. Price, unframed, $10.00; 
framed, $13.90. 



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30. General U. S. Grant. Price, unframed, $4.50 ; framed, $6.65. 

32. James Russell Lowell. Price, unframed, $3.00 ; framed, $4.50. 

33. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Price, unframed, $3.00; framed, $4.50. 

36. Martha Washington, from the portrait by Gilbert Stuart. Price, unframed, 

$5.00; framed, $6.60. 

37. Washington, from the portrait by Gilbert Stuart. Price, unframed, $5.00; 

framed, $6.40. 

38. Abraham Lincoln, from original Daguerreotype. Price, unframed, $3.00; 

framed, $4.35. 

39. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Price, unframed, $3.00 ; framed, $4.40. 

40. Benjamin Franklin. Price, unframed, $3.00; framed, $4.50. 

41. General Sherman. Price, unframed, $7.00 ; framed, $9.10. 

42. Erasmus, 1465-1536. From wood-cut by Albrecht Durer. Price, unframed, 

$7.00 ; framed, $9.10. 

0rcl^icecture 

34. Washington's House. Mt. Vernon, Virginia. Price, unframed, $7.00; framed, 

$10.40. 

43. Entrance to Pyramid. Egypt. Price, unframed, $7.00 ; framed, $10.40. 

45. Temple at Karnak. Egypt. Price, unframed, $7.00; framed, $9.20. 

46. Pyramids of Gizeh. Egypt. Price, unframed, $7.00; framed, $13.40. 

47. Sphinx and Pyramid. Egypt. Price, unframed, $10.00; framed, $13.45. 

48. Erectheion. Athens, Greece. Price, unframed, $7.00 ; framed, $9.50. 

49. Temple of Jupiter. At Athens, Greece. Price, unframed, $9.00; framed, 

$12.75. 

50. Two Obelisks. At Karnak, Egypt. Price, unframed, $7.00; framed, $13.40. 

51. View OF Acropolis. Athens, Greece. Price, unframed, $7.00; framed, $9.10. 

52. Parthenon. Athens, Greece. Price, unframed, $7.00; framed, $9.10. 

53. Houses OF Parliament. London, England. Price, unframed, $7.00 ; framed, 

$9.10. 

54. Westminster Abbey. London, England. Price, unframed, $7.00; framed, 

$10.40. 

55. Cathedral of Antwerp. Belgium. Price, unframed, $7.00 ; framed, $9.10. 

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56. Cathedral of Cologne. Germany. Price, unframed, $7.00 ; framed, I9. 10. 

57. Cathedral of Notre Dame. Paris. Price, unframed, $7.00 ; framed, $10.40. 

58. Central Door of the Cathedral at Toledo. Spain. Price, unframed, 

$7.00; framed, $10.40. 

59. Interior of Cathedral at Toledo. Spain. Price, unframed, $7.00; 

framed, $9.10. 

60. Interior Court of the Alcazar. Toledo, Spain. Price, unframed, $7.00 ; 

framed, $10.40. 

61. San Juan de Los Reyes. St. John of the Kings. Toledo, Spain. Price, 

unframed, $7.00; framed, $9.10. 

62. Front of the Cathedral at Toledo. Spain. Price, unframed, $7.00; 

framed, $10.40. 

63. Posada de la Hermandad. Inn of the Brotherhood. Toledo, Spain. Price, 

unframed, $7.00; framed, $10.40. 

64. Puerta del Sol. Gate of the Sun. Toledo, Spain. Price, unframed, $7.00 ; 

framed, $9.10; 

65. Leaning Towers. Bologna, Italy. Price, unframed, $5.00 ; framed, $7.00. 

66. DuoMO. Cathedral Church of Florence, Italy. Price, unframed, $12.00; 

framed, $1 5.95. 

67. Grand Canal. Venice, Italy. Price, unframed, $10.00 ; framed, $13.95. 

68. Front of the Cathedral of St. Mark. Venice, Italy. Price, unframed, 

$7.00; framed, $9.20. 

69. Casa D' Oro. House of Gold. Venice, Italy. Price, unframed, $12.00; framed, 

$18.20. 

70. Palazzo Vecchio. Ancient Town-hall of Florence, Italy. Price, unframed, 

$7.00; framed, $10.40. 

71. Private Palace. Venice, Italy. Price, unframed, $7.00; framed, $9.10. 

72. Private Palace. Venice, Italy. Price, unframed, $7.00 ; framed, $9.10. 

73. Private Palace. Venice, Italy. Price, unframed, $7.00 ; framed, $9.10. 

74. Casa D' Oro. House of Gold. Venice, Italy. Price, unframed, $7.00; framed, 

$9.20. 

75. Rialto. Market Bridge, Venice, Italy. Price, unframed, $12.00 ; framed, 

$16.50. 

76. San Giminiano. Italy. Price, unframed, $7.00 ; framed, $9.10. 

78. Court of Lions, of the Moorish Palace of the Alhambra. Granada, Spain. 
Price, unframed, $7.00; framed, $9.10. 

Paintings;, WiooMuts^ anD pi)otosrapl)sf 

5. American Ship. Price, unframed, $5.00 ; framed, $7.20. 
7. Fishing Boats. Venice, Italy. Price, unframed, $7.00 ; framed, $9.10. 
22. Surf. From nature. Price, unframed, $9.00 ; framed, $12.90. 
29. Knight, Death and the Devil. From wood-cut by Albrecht Durer. This 
wood-cut furnished the subject for the romance by De la Motte Fouque, 
called " Sintram and his Companions." Price, unframed, $7.00; framed, 

31. The " Santa Maria." Flagship of Christopher Columbus. Price, unframed, 
$7.00 ; framed, $9.00, 

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31. The "Santa Maria." Flagship of Christopher Columbus. Price, unframed, 

^7.00 ; framed, f 9.00. 
44. Arab on Camel. Price, unframed, $3.50; framed, $5.20. 
77. Fishing Boats. Venice, Italy. Price, unframed, $7.00 ; framed, $9.40. 

79. Prince Edward VI., of England. From painting by Holbein, 1497-1543. 

Price, unframed, $5.00 ; framed, $7.00. 

80. Detail from Mural Decoration, representing the journey of the Three 

Kings. By Benozzo Gozzoli, 1424-1485. Florence, Italy. Price, unframed, 
$10.00; framed, $15.40. 

81. The Small White Horse. From a wood-cut by Albrecht Durer, 1471-1528. 

Price, unframed, $7.00; framed, $9.50. 

82. The Surrender of Breda to the Spanish, 1581. From painting by Velas- 

quez, 1599-1660. Price, unframed, $10.00; framed, $13.95. 

83. Sistine Madonna. From painting by Raphael, 148 3-1 520. Price, unframed, 

$8.50; framed, $11.50. 

84. The Sower. From the painting by Jean Fran9ois Millet, 1814-1875. Price, 

unframed, $5.00 ; framed, $9.50. 

85. Detail from Mural Decoration, by Benozzo Gozzoli. Florence, Italy. 

Price, unframed, $10.00; framed, $15.40. 

86. The Great White Horse. From a wood-cut by Albrecht Durer. Price, 

unframed, $7.00 ; framed, $9.50. 

87. Detail from Mural Decoration, by Benozzo Gozzoli. Florence, Italy. 

Price, unframed, $7.00; framed, $9.10. 

88. Prince Balthazar. Son of Philip IV., and Crown Prince of Spain. From 

painting by Velasquez. Price, unframed, $5.00; framed, $7.00. 

89. Duke of Olivarez. Minister of Philip IV., of Spain, 1 587-1643. From 

painting by Velasquez. Price, unframed, $12.00; framed, $16.00. 

90. American Ship. Price, unframed, $500 ; framed, $7.00. 

These pictures are for sale at the prices named in the Catalogue. Any further information may be 
obtained from the custodian, or from Arthur A. Caret, 29 Fairfield Street, Boston, Massachusetts. 

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FROM MR. WALTER OILMAN PAGE'S 

"INTERIOR DECORATION OF 

SCHOOLHOUSES" 

LISTS OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND CASTS 
FOR SCHOOL ROOM DECORATION 



AMERICAN 

SDecoratitje ^rt 



BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. 

Frieze of the Prophets, by John S. 

Sargent. 
The Holy Grail, by Edwin A. Abbey. 
The Muses welcoming the Genius 

OF Enlightenment, by Puvis de 

Chavannes. 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. 

History, Mythology, Tradition, by 
F. Deilman. 

Government (in the abstract), Good 
Government, Bad Government, 
Corrupt Legislation, Peace and 
Prosperity, by Elihu Vedder. 

The Muses (a series of nine lunettes), 
by Edward Simmons. 

The Evolution of the Book, by J. 
W. Alexander. 

The Classic Heroes, by Walter Mc- 
Ewen. 

War and Peace, by Gari Melchers. 

Civilization, Discovery, Adventure, 
History, The Virtues (Fortitude, 
Justice, Patriotism, Courage, Peace, 
Industry, Temperance, Prudence, — 
single figures), by George W. May- 
nard. 

Sizes of the above, 30 X 40 and 30 X 50 in 
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The Arts, The Sciences, by Kenyon 

Cox. 
The Sciences (eight single figures), by 

Walter Shirlaw. 
Art, Literature, Music, Sciences, 

by W. L. Dodge. 
The Executive Departments of 

the Government, by Elmer H. 

Garnsey and W. B. Van Ingen. 
Lyric Poetry, by H. O. Walker. 
The Graces, by Frank W. Benson. 
The Elements, by W. L. Dodge and 

Elmer H. Garnsey. 
The Forms of Literature, Epic 

Poetry, by G. R. Barse. 
The Progress of Civilization, by 

Edwin A. Blashfield. 
Shakespeare (bronze), by Frederick 

Macmonnies. 
The Four Seasons, by Bela L. Pratt. 



Death and the Sculptor, by D. C. 
French. 

The Wolf Charmer, by John La 
Farge. 

Justice, The Fates, Liberty, Fra- 
ternity, Equality (three panels in 
the Criminal Courts Building in New 
York), by Edward Simmons. 

Prices, $15 to t^p. 



J^fetorical 



Surrender of Cornwallis, Sur- 
render OF Burgoyne, Battle of 
Bunker Hill, Signing of the 
Declaration, by John Trumbull. 

Washington crossing the Dela- 
ware. 

Independence Hall, Philadelphia. 

Carpenters Hall, Philadelphia. 

Liberty Bell, Philadelphia. 

Mt. Vernon. 

East Front of Capitol. 

White House. 

Faneuil Hall, Boston. 

House of Seven Gables, Salem. 

Landing of Columbus. 



Old State House, Boston. 
Old South Church, Boston. 
Old North Church, Boston. 
Bunker Hill Monument. 
Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers. 
Exiled Pilgrims. 
Return of the Mayflower. 
Puritans going to Church. 
Courtship of Miles Standish. 
Craigie House, Longfellow home. 
Birthplace of Hawthorne, Salem. 



Washington at Trenton, by Faed. 
Landing of Columbus, by Vanderlyn. 



The Arms of the Thirteen Original States in full Colors. 

in. 50 cents. , 

Declaration of Independence Chart. ' 



14 X 18 



Longfellow, Lowell, Irving, Whit- 
tier, Holmes, Bryant, Parkman, 
Emerson, Franklin, Edison, Agas- 
siz, Webster, Grant, Sherman, 
Sumner, Lincoln. 



Icebergs, Labrador Coast. 

Niagara Falls. 

Yellowstone Falls. 

Garden of the Gods, Pike's Peak. 

Grand Canon, Colorado. 

Three Graces, Yosemite Valley. 

Bee Hive Geyser, Yellowstone Park. 



Ca0t0 



Columbus. $8.00. 
Agassiz. $10.00. 
John A. Andrew. $10.00. 
Henry Clay. $8.00. 
Channing. $10.00. 
Emerson (from life). $30.o< 
Franklin. $10.00. 
Grant. $10.00. 
Hamilton. $10.00. 
O. W. Holmes. $6.00. 
Irving (from life). $10.00. 
Jefferson. $12.00. 



Lafayette. $10.00. 

Longfellow. $10.00. 

Lincoln. $10.00. 

Horace Mann. $10.00. 

Judge Marshall. $12.00. 

Wendell Phillips. $10.00. 

Judge Shaw. $10.00. 

Sumner. $10.00. 

Washington (from life, Houdon). 

$10.00. 
Washington. $6.00. 
Webster. $12.00. 



Flight of Time, by William Hunt. $12.00. 
The Minute Man, by D. C. French. $30.00. 
The Boston Tea Party, by W. G. Page. $12.00. 
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FRENCH 



Napoleon I. 2 ft. $8.00. 
Mme. Recamier. 2 ft. ^8.00. 
Diana de Poitiers. 2 ft. 6 in. 



Lafayette. 2 ft. 4 in. ^10.00. 
Voltaire. 2 ft. $10.00. 
Napoleon. 



GERMAN 



Beethoven. 2 ft. 6 in. ^lo.co. 
Froebel. 2 ft. 4 in. $10.00. 
Goethe. 2 ft. 4 in. $10.00. 
Humboldt. 2 ft. 4 in. $10.00. 
Liszt. 2 ft. 6 in. $10.00. 
Mozart. 2 ft. $8. 



Mendelssohn. 2 ft. 4 in. $10.00. 
Meyerbeer. 2 ft. 4 in. $8.00. 
Schiller. 2 ft. 4 in. $10,00. 
Wagner. 2 ft. $6.00. 
Froebel. 
Bismarck. 



ij 



Prints. 



ROMAN AND ITALIAN 



Casftsf 



Young Augustus. 2 ft. $] 
Julius C^sar. i ft. 7 in. \ 
Cicero. 2 ft. 7 in. $8.00. 
Virgil. 2 ft. 2 in. $10.00. 
Boy Laughing, i ft. 4 in. 
St. John, i ft. 4 in. $3.00. 
Young Girl, i ft. 4 in. $; 



.00. 
4.00. 



Unknown Woman, i ft. 10 in. $6.0 
Dante, i ft. $3.00. 
Savonarola. 2 ft. $8.00. 
Michel Angelo. 2 ft. 6 in. $10.00. 
Raphael. 2 ft. 6 in. $10.00. 
Dante. 2 ft. 6 in. $10.00. 



Keliefe 



Angels with Musical Instruments. 

28 X 22. $5.00. 
Madonna and Child. 32 X 22. $4.00. 
Cherubs Playing and Singing (six 

casts each). 8 X 23. $2.50. 



Frieze of Children. 6 slabs, 3 ft. X 
4 ft. (by Donatello). Each, $15.00. 

Lion's Head. 18 X 15 in. $3.00. 

Singing Boys and Girls (by Luca 
della RoBBiA, 10 slabs). 40 X 26. 
Each, $12.00. 



P^otograpljflf ani5 |3rmt0 



Roman Forum. 
Roman Coliseum. 
Arch of Constantine. 



St. Peter's. 

Pantheon. 

St. Mark's, Venice. 



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Singing Boys, by Luca della Robbia. 
Equestrian Statue, Gatta Me- 

LATTA. 

Equestrian Statue, General Col- 

leni. 
Equestrian Statue, Marcus Aure- 

LIUS. 

Roman Forum. 



St. Peter's. 

Coliseum. Exterior, interior. 
Arch Constantine. 
Arch Titus. 

Castle and Bridge St. Angelo. 
Statue and Tomb of Medici (M. 
Angelo). 



Marble Faun of Hawthorne. 
3 in. $60.00. 



GREEK 

Casts; 

6 ft. 



Venus of Melos. 
NioBE and Child. 
Diana. 7 ft. 3 in. 
Apollo. 7 ft. 6 in. 



7 ft. I in, 
7 ft. 8 in. 
$100.00. 
$100.00. 



Discobolus. 6 ft, $65.00. 

Eros, or Genius of the Vatican. 
$60.00. 3 ft. 4 in. $12.00. 

$100.00. Parthenon Frieze. 42 ft. 70 in. Each, 
$12.00. 



Hermes. 2 ft. 9 in. $12.00. 
Venus of Melos. 2 ft. 10 in. 
Homer. 2 ft. 3 in. $10.00. 
Minerva, 3 ft. 3 in. $15.00. 
Sophocles. 2 ft. 2 in. $10.00. 



llBusts 

Pericles. 2 ft. $10.00. 
$12.00. Juno. 3 ft. $15.00. 
Faun. 2 ft. $8.00. 
Jupiter. 3 ft. 4 in. $20.00. 
Diana. 2 ft. 6 in. $12.00. 



Acropolis, Athens. 
Parthenon, Athens. 



P^otograpljs anD prints 



Hermes of Praxiteles. 

Venus of Milo. 

St. George (Donatello). 

Pediment of Parthenon. 

Frieze of Parthenon. 

Apollo. 



Caryatid Porch of the Erech- 
theion, Athens. 



Erechtheion. 

Propylaea. 

Temple of Nik6 Apteras. 

Temple of Jupiter Olympus. 

Temple of Theseus. 



paintings 



DUTCH. 

Shepherd and Sheep (Mauve). 

GERMAN. 

Napoleon at Waterloo (Steuben). 



Bismarck at Versailles (Wagner). 
Congress at Berlin (Werner). 
Sedan, by Camphausen. 
Chariot Race in the Circus Maxi- 
Mus, by Wagner. 



FRENCH. 

The Gleaners (Millet). 
Mme. LeBrun and Child. 

The Sower. Phcebus and Boreas 

(Millet). 
Shepherdess and Sheep (Le RoUe). 

ENGLISH. 

Age of Innocence. Angels' Heads 
(Reynolds). 

Member of Humane Society. Dig- 
nity and Impudence (Landseer). 



Scotland Forever ! (Thompson). 
Princes in the Tower (Millais). 

ITALIAN. 

Madonna (Raphael). 
Sistine Madonna (Raphael). 

Madonna (Raphael). 

Fresco, Sistine; Moses (M. Angelo). 

Aurora, Cenci, Mater Dolorosa 

(Guido Reni). 
Assumption of Virgin (Titian). 
Madonna (Botticelli). 



iforeigti ^ceneri? 



GoRNER Glacier, Switzerland. 
Matterhorn, Switzerland. 
Metterhorn, Switzerland. 



Fujiyama, Japan. 
North Cape, Norway. 
Naerofgord, Norway. 



X.) 



Prints. 



ENGLISH 

Ca0t0 



Tyndall. 

Darwin. 

Newton. 2 ft. 4 in. $10.00. 

Shakespeare. 2 ft. 5 in. $10.00. 

Scott. 2 ft. 6 in. $10.00. 



John Locke. 2 ft. 6 in. $10.00. 
Milton. 2 ft. 5 in. $10.00. 
Byron. 2 ft. 8 in. $10.00. 
Burns. 2 ft. 6 in. $10.00. 
Burke. 2 ft. 6 in. $10.00. 






Pyramid. 

Sphynx. 

Temple Cephrew. 

Great Temple and Hypostyle Hall, 

Karnak. 
Propylon of Ptolemy. 
Nile and Pyramids. 
Temple of Edfora. 
Temple of Isis. 



Sphinx and Pyramids. 
Temple of Ipsamboul. 
Colossi of Memnon. 
Notre Dame, Paris. 

Mosque of St. Sophia, Constanti- 
nople. (Exterior and Interior.) 
Taj-Mahal, India. 
Court of Lions, Alhambra. 



Hall of Justice, Alhambra. 
Roman Corinthian Capital. 
Greek Corinthian Capital. 
Greek Egg and Dart Ornament 

(fragment). 
Greek Honeysuckle Ornament 

(fragment). 
Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris. 
Arch of Triumph, Paris. 



Facade of Cathedral, Amiens. 
Interior of Cathedral, Amiens. 
Interior of Cathedral, Rheims. 
Facade of Cathedral, Rheims. 
Facade of Cathedral, Rouen. 
Interior of Cathedral, Rouen. 
Cathedral, Front, Side. Cologne. 
Cathedral, Front, Side. Strasburg. 



Also the principal buildings and details of Pompeii, Florence, and Venice. 



ROME. 
Arch of Septimus Severus. 
Arch of Titus. 

Castle of St. Angelo with Bridge. 
Castle of St. Angelo and St. Pe- 
ter's. 
Basilica of St. Peter's. 

florence. 

Cathedral and Campanile. 
Ponte Vecchio. 
Loggia de' Lanzi. 

PISA. 

Cathedral, Baptistery, and Lean- 
ing Tower. 
Leaning Tower. 



MILAN. 



Cathedrau 



VENICE. 

Bridge of Sighs. 

Rialto. 

Church of St. Mark. 

Ducal Palace. 

GERMANY. 

Rheinstein Castle. 
Heidelberg Castle. 

Sizes, i6 X 20 to 40 X 60. Prices, 
framed. 



ENGLAND. 

Westminster Abbey. 
St. Paul's Cathedral. 
Houses of Parliament. 
Tower of London. 
Windsor Castle. 
Kenilworth Castle. 
Canterbury Cathedral. 
York Cathedral. 

FRANCE. 

Church of Notre Dame, Paris. 
Arch of Triumph. 
Place de la Bastille. 
Church of La Madeleine. 
The Pantheon. 
Palace, Versailles. 

SPAIN. 

Court of Lions, Alhambra. 
Hall of Ambassadors. 
Hall of Justice. 

switzerland. 

Castle of Chillon. 
Jungfrau from Interlaken. 
Mont Blanc from Chamounix. 

1-00 to $16.00, unframed; $5.50 to $25.00 



Moorish Panels (nine examples), 15 X 15. 75 cents to $2.00. 

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GRAMMAR AND HIGH 



Head of David, Michael Angelo. 
Lorenzo Medici, Michael Angelo. 
Roman Forum. 
Basilica of St. Peter's. 
Basilica of St. Mark's. 
Giotto's Campanile. 
Temple of Philae. 
Parthenon. 
Venus of Milo. 
Hermes of Praxiteles. 
Winged Victory. 
C^SAR Augustus. 
Adoration of the Magi, Diirer. 
Portrait of Durer. 
Luther, Holbein. 



Charles I., Van Dyck. 
Henrietta Maria, Van Dyck. 
Prince and Princess of Orange 

Van Dyck. 
Duke of Buckingham, Rubens. 
Richelieu, Champagne. 
Cromwell, Sir Peter Lely. 
Marie Antoinette, Le Brun. 
Madame Recamier, David. 
Joanne d'Arc, Lepage. 
Marie Therese, Velasquez, 
.^sop, Velasquez. 
Three Fates, M. Angelo, 
Madonna, Andrea del Sarto. 
Apollo and the Muses, Romano. 



KINDERGARTEN, PRIMARY 



Madonna, Raphael. 

Angel, Fra Bartolommeo. 

Divine Shepherd, Murillo. 

Beggar Boys, Murillo. 

Infant Don Balthasar, Velasquez. 

Girl with Dog, Greuze. 

Shepherds and Sheep, Millet. 

Age of Innocence, Reynolds. 

Angel Choir, Reynolds. 

King Charles Spaniels, Landseer. 



Sleeping Bloodhound, Landseer. 

Head of Bull, Potter. 

Landscape, Ruysdael. 

Landscape, Hobbema. 

Children of Charles L, Van Dyck. 

Baby Stuart, Van Dyck. 

Singing Angels, Memling. 

Cupid, Mengo. 

Singing Boys, Luca della Robbia. 

Saint George, Donatello. 



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WORKS OF ART FOR SCHOOL ROOM 

DECORATION, RECOMMENDED BY 

THE JOINT COMMITTEE 



Paintings 

1. A Doge of Venice. Bellini. Giovanni. 1428-1516. Venetian. Unframed, 

$4.00; framed, $10.00. 

2. Primavera (Allegory of Spring). Accademia delle Belle Arte, Florence. 

Botticelli. Sandro. 1446-1510. Florentine. Unframed, $75.00; framed, 
$115.00. 

3. Magnificat. Uffizi. Florence. Unframed, $25.00 ; framed, $50.00. 

4. Madonna del Gran Duca. Pitti. Florence. Rafael Sanzio d'Urbino. 

1453-1520. Umbrian. Unframed, $15.00; framed, $30.00. 

5. Madonna di San Sisto. Unframed, $15.00; framed, $27.00. 

6. Madonna di San Sisto. Detail. Dresden Gallery. Unframed, $60.00 ; 

framed, $100.00. 

7. Aurora. Palazzo Rospigliosi, Rome. Decoration of ceiling. Guido Reni. 

1575-1642. Bolognese. Unframed, $12.00; framed, $22.00. 

8. Infante Don Balthasar. Prado, Madrid. Velasquez, Don Diego. 1599- 

1660. Spanish School. Unframed, $15.00; framed, $25.00. 

9. Holy Family. Louvre, Paris. Murillo, Bartholome Esteban. 1618-1682. 

Spanish School. Unframed, $75.00; framed, $115.00. 
la Portrait of Himself in Officer's Dress. The Hague. Rembrandt van 
Ryn. 1607-1669. Dutch. Unframed, $5.00; framed, $ii. 00. 

11. Portrait. The Hague. Hals, Franz. 1584-1666. Dutch. Unframed, $4.00 ; 

framed, $8.00. 

12. Portrait. Pitti, Florence. Rubens, Peter Paul. 1577-1640. Flemish. Un- 

framed, $5.00 ; framed, $11.00. 

13. Portrait of Charles I. of England. Dresden. Van Dyck, Antony. 

1599-1641. Flemish. Unframed, $15.00; framed, ^28.00. 

14. Portrait of Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I. Dresden. Un- 

framed, $15.00; framed, $28.00. 

15. Children of Charles I. Unframed, $15.00; framed, $28.00. 

16. Napoleon. Versailles. Greuze. 1740-1805. Unframed, $4.00 ; framed, $10.00. 

17. The King of Rome. Unframed, $4.00; framed, $12.00. 

18. Age of Innocence. National Gallery, London. Reynolds, Sir Joshua. 1723- 

1792. English. Unframed, $4.00 ; framed, $10.00. 

19. The Fighting T^m^raire. Turner, J. M. W. 1775-1851. English. Un- 

framed, $4.00 ; framed, $9.00. 

20. Sleeping Bloodhound. National Gallery, London. Landseer, Sir Edwin. 

1802-1873. Unframed, $4.00 ; framed, $9.00. 

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21. Ploughing. Luxembourg, Paris. Bonheur, Rosa. 1822. Unframed, $15.00; 

framed, $23.00. 

22. Cows IN Pasture. Dupre, Jules. 18 12. Unframed, $4.00 ; framed, $9.00. 

23. Shepherdess and Sheep. Millet, Jean Francois. 1815-1875. Barbizon 

School. Unframed, $1 5.00 ; framed, $25.00. 

24. Gleaners. Luxembourg, Paris. Breton, Jules. 1827. Unframed, $15.00; 

framed, $23.00. 

25. Shepherdess and Sheep. Le Rolle, H. Unframed, $15.00; framed, $25.00. 

26. Washington. Stuart, Gilbert. 1755-1828. Unframed, $5.00. 
26b. Lincoln. Unframed, $5.00. 

27. Washington. Known as the " Lansdowne Portrait." Chorley, John. Bos- 

ton engraver. 

28. Golden Stair. Burne- Jones. Edward. Unframed, $5.00 ; framed, $12.00. 

29. The Days of Creation. Unframed, $15.00; framed, $25.00. 



Architecture 

30. The Sphynx and Pyramids. Unframed, $15.00; framed, $20.00. 

31. The Temple at Karnak. Unframed, $19.00; framed, $39.00. 

32. Court of the Temple of Edfou. Unframed, $19.00 ; framed, $39.00. 

33. General View of the Acropolis, Athens. Unframed, $3.00; framed, $9.00. 

34. The Parthenon, Athens. Unframed, $3.00 ; framed, $io.oo. 

35. The Erechtheion. Unframed, $3.00 ; framed, $8.00. 

36. Nik:^ Apteros, Temple of Wingless Victory. Unframed, $3.00; framed, 

$10.00. 

37. The Theseion. Unframed, $3.00 ; framed, $8.00. 

38. Roman Forum. View from Capitoline Hill. Unframed, $15.00; framed, 

$25.00. 

39. Roman Forum. View from Colosseum. Unframed, $10.00 ; framed, $23.00. 

40. Colosseum, Rome. Unframed, $1 5.00 ; framed, $25.00. 
40b. Colosseum. Unframed, $10.00 ; framed, $20.00. 

41. Arch of Titus. Unframed, $15.00; framed, $25.00. 

42. Arch of Constantine. Unframed, $5.00 ; framed, $15.00. 

43. A Roman Capital. Unframed, $12.00; framed, $30.00. 

44. Pantheon, Rome. Unframed, $5.00 ; framed, $12.00. 

45. Castle of St. Angelo. Unframed, $5.00 ; framed, $1 5.00. 

46. St. Peter's. Interior. Nave looking across transept. Unframed, $30.00. 

47. Fountain of Trevi, Rome. Unframed, $30.00. 

48. Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Unframed, $6.00 ; framed, $10.00. 

49. Duomo and Campanile, Florence. Unframed, $30.00. 

50. Giotto's Campanile. Unframed, $6.00 ; framed, $15.00. 

51. Facade of Cathedral, Orvieto. Unframed, $3.00; framed, $7.00. 

52. Facade of Cathedral, Siena. Unframed, $3.00 ; framed, $7.00. 

53. Baptistery, Cathedral, and Leaning Tower, Pisa. Unframed, $30.00. 

54. Facade of St. Mark's, Venice. Unframed, $15.00; framed, $30.00. 

55. Courtyard of the Ducal Palace, Venice. Unframed, $15.00; framed, 

$33-00. 

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56. Porta della Carta, Venice. Unf ramed, $8.00 ; framed, $17.00. 

57. Ca' d' Org, Venice. Unframed, $8.00; framed, $17.00. 

58. General View of the Grand Canal, Venice. Unframed, $8.00; framed, 

$17.00. 

59. Equestrian Statue of General Colleoni. Verrocchio, 1432-1488. Un- 

framed, $19.00; framed, $39.00. 

60. Gateway of the Alcazar, Seville. Unframed, $30.00. 

61. Belfry of the Mosque at Cordova. Unframed, $30.00. 

62. Taj-Mahal. Agra, India. Unframed, $2.00 ; framed, $5.00. 

63. Cathedral at Toledo, Spain. Unframed, $30.00. 

64. Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris. Unframed, $19.00 ; framed, $39.00. 

65. Cathedral at Amiens, France. Unframed, $15.00; framed, $25.00. 

66. Cologne Cathedral. Unframed, $30.00. 

67. Cologne Cathedral. Unframed, $4.00 ; framed, $7.00. 

68. Houses of Parliament, London, or New Palace of Westminster. 

Unframed, $4.00 ; framed, $9.00. 

69. Capitol at Washington. Unframed, $17.00; framed, $37.00. 

70. Court of Honor, Chicago Exposition, 1893. Unframed, $2.50; framed, 

$6.50. 

71. Arch of the Peristyle. Unframed, $2.50; framed, $6.50. 

72. Art Building. Unframed, $2.50; framed, $6.50. 

73. The Lion of Lucerne. 1770-1844. By Bertel Thorwaldsen. Unframed, 

$17.00; framed, $37.00. 

74. The Grandfather. Fremiet. Emmanuel. 1824. 

75. The Knight Errant. 

76. Due d'Orleans. Pierrefonds. 

77. The Grand Cond6. 

78. Alcazar. Seville, Spain. Unframed, $19.00; framed, $39.00. 

79. Stele of Aristion. National Museum, Athens. Framed, $8.00. 

80. Winged Victory of Samothrake. (Nike.) Louvre, Paris. Framed, $15.00. 

81. Zeus of Otricoli. Vatican, Rome. Framed, $20.00. 

82. Portion of Panathenaic Frieze from the Parthenon. British Museum, 

London. Framed, $12.00. 

83. Hermes of Praxiteles. Museum at Olympia. Bust. Framed, $12.00. 

84. Venus of Melos. Louvre, Paris. Bust. Framed, $12.00. 

85. Orpheus, Eurydice. Naples Museum. Framed, $15.00. 

86. St. John, by Donatello. Bargello, Florence. Framed, $2.50. 

87. Lion's Head, by Donatello. Framed, $3.00. 

88. Boys with Trumpets. Bargello, Florence. Framed, $12.00. 

89. Boys Dancing. Framed, $12.00. 

90. Boys Singing, by Luca della Robbia. 1400-1481. Framed, $10.00. 

91. Bambino, by Andrea della Robbia. 1444-1527. Ospitale degli Innocente, 

Florence. Framed, $8.00. 

92. Lion. Framed, $2.00. 

93. Panther, by Antoine Barye. 1795-1875. Framed, $2.00. 

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LETTERS 

One may judge of the active interest in this work, and the 
swift appreciation of it, by the letters which have been received 
from all parts of the country, showing eagerness for information 
and a desire to practically carry out all suggestions. 

Fourteenth and Alice Streets, 
Oakland, Cal., September i6, 1894. 
(43 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston.) 
Mr. Ross Turner. 

My dear Sir, — Knowing of the very humble efforts I have made in my Cali- 
fornia home for some time past, in the way of stimulating an interest in art in an 
educational sense, my friends, Mrs. Frank Kimball and Mrs. Grace Oliver, have 
promised to give me the pleasure of an introduction to your work in Salem. As 
they are not likely to be in Salem for some time, and as I may be called back to 
California soon, I hasten to write and ask, if you are in Salem, if I may have the 
pleasure of speaking with you upon the subject. At Caproni's this morning I was 
made all the more enthusiastic by hearing of the Art League among the students in 
the public schools. Finding that Mrs. Whitman is also away, and despairing of 
help, I have come to the point directly, as you see. 
With all due apologies. 

Yours very truly, Emma S. Howard. 

Office Superintendent Public Schools, 
St. Louis, Mo., February 24, 1897. 
Mr. Walter Oilman Page. 

Dear Sir, — I am in receipt of a letter from P. P. Caproni and Brother, refer- 
ring me to you in regard to an exhibit of desirable art works for schoolroom decora- 
tion. We are to have in St. Louis during April a meeting of the Western Drawing 
Teachers' Association, and I am very anxious to increase the interest in good 
schoolroom decoration. Mr. Caproni seemed to think that you would give me 
some suggestions on this subject. I am at sea as to whom I ought to write to find 
out the best list of works for school work. 

If it is not imposing upon your time, will you let me hear from you in regard to 
this? 

Yours sincerely, (Mrs.) M. E. Riley, 

Supervisor of Drawing, 

Office City Superintendent of Schools, 
Lynchburg, Va., October 21, 1893. 
Mr. Ross Turner, Salem, Mass. 

Dear Sir, — I have read of the movement in Salem and other places towards 
the beautifying of our schoolrooms, and observe that the officials all refer to you 

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as the originator of the movement and the wisest adviser of those interested in it. 
I desire to make a beginning in this line by decorating my lowest primary room. 
Can you give me any points that will be of use to me in the selection of pictures, 
busts, etc. ? 
An answer will greatly oblige 

Yours very truly, E. C. Glass. 

Rochester, N. Y., June 24, 1897. 
Mr. Walter Oilman Page. 

Dear Sir, — Can you send me some information regarding the work of the 
Public School Art League of Boston .'' 

The Woman's Union of Rochester are trying to do some work in the line of 
schoolroom decoration, and would be glad to hear something of what has been 
done in Boston. 

Very truly yours, M. L. Hall. 

Mrs. E. H. Hall. 

Newport, N, H., January 12, 1897. 
Mr. Walter Oilman Page. 

Dear Sir, — Will you please inform me of whom I can obtain a copy of the 
pamphlet on " Interior Decoration of Schoolhouses," of which I understand you are 
the author ? As we are nearing the time when we shall decide on the tinting or 
painting of the walls of the Richard School building, it is desirable to avoid any 
mistake as to the color. The plastering on walls is " trowel finish," and " brush 
finish " on ceiling. Our architects are Wilson & Webber. 

Respectfully yours, 

D. J. MOONEY, 
Chairman of Building Committee. 

The Politico-Economic Club of Weld County, Colo. 
Oreeley, Colo., May 28, 1892, 
Mr. Ross Turner, Salem, Mass. 

My dear Sir, — Miss Isabel Howland called my attention to some of your art 
work in the schools. Could I not arrange with you to have one or two pictures 
sent, to see how they would do for our schools here, and see if we cannot arrange 
to increase the interest in good works of art. Would want some of the cheap 
framing that you recommend, with some idea of the expense. You need not send 
them at once, but give me some idea of the expense, and what could be available, 
and I will then make remittance before shipment. 

Very truly yours, 

Fred E. Smith, Treasurer. 

The Ladies' Home Journal, 

The Curtis Publishing Company. 
Philadelphia, February 6, 1897. 
Mr. Walter Oilman Page, 

90 Westland Avenue, Boston, Mass. 
Dear Sir, — One of our correspondents writes us asking for a "list of one 
hundred works of art for schoolroom decoration, prepared by a joint committee 

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representing the Boston Art Students' Association, the New England Conference 
of Educational Works, and the Public School Art League." We are advised by 
Mr. Ossian H. Lang that we can obtain from you the desired information concern- 
ing this list, and write to ask you to kindly send us any information you can that 
will be useful to our correspondent. 

Trusting to be favored with your early reply, we are 
Yours very truly, 

Henry F. Clark, 
No. 15,971. Manager Literary Bureau. 

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A. L. Goodrich Utica, N. Y. 

James Clell Witter, Editor of " Art Edu- 
cation," " which I think one of the most 
important phases of modem educational 

thought " New York. 

R. E. Denfeld, Superintendent of Schools . Duluth, Minn. 

M. Elinor Thompson Duluth, Minn. 

C. W. Richardson & Son, Decorators . . Auburn, N. Y. 

H. B. Lawrence, Principal Holyoke, Mass. 

J. G. Caswell, Head-Master Beverly School 

for Girls New York. 

Jane Landon Groves, Supt. of Drawing . Syracuse, N. Y. 

C. H. Howe Adams, Mass. 

E. C. Glass Lynchburg, Va. 

W. G. Wesson, Manual Training School . Menomonie, Wis. 

J. J. Allison, Supt. of Public Schools . . Boise, Idaho. 

Myra Bradwell School, Irene Fort, Prin- 
cipal Chicago, 111. 

Gertrude B. Seeberger Riverside, 111. 

John Alden, School Committee .... Andover, Mass. 

Maison Ad. Brann & Co New York. 

Miss Fanniebell Curtis, State Normal 

Training School New Britain, Conn. 

Hon. Melville Dewey, University .... New York. 

Mrs. M. P. Delano, President P. S. A. L. . Chicago, 111. 

A. S. Doe, Esq Somerville, Mass. 

John B. Dinan Newport, R. I. 

Miss Mercy E. Francis Taunton, Mass. 

Miss L. E. Fitch, Brown School .... Chicago, 111. 

Mrs. Joseph Ailing Rochester, N. Y. 

A. L. Goodrich Utica, N. Y. 

Lina Hesse Blue Island, 111. 

Mrs. E. H. Hall Rochester, N. Y. 

R. M. Kersey Chicago, 111. 

G. E. Johnson, Superintendent of Schools. Andover, Mass. 

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Walter J. Kenyon, Director of Drawing . Stockton, Cal. 

Catherine A. Monagle Norwich, N. Y. 

D. J. Mooney Newport, N. H. 

Mrs. Virgil D. Morse, Pres't Woman's Club. Ithaca, N. Y. 

Mrs. Mary L. Milmore Washington, D. C. 

Wilhelmena Leeguiller Indianapolis, Ind. 

Miss Minnie Pepple, Supervisor Drawing . Elgin, 111. 

Eugene S. Price, Principal High School . Elgin, 111. 

Mrs. M. E. Riley, Supervisor of Drawing , St. Louis, Mo. 

Charles C. Ramsay, Durfee High School . Fall River, Mass. 

Belle B. Simpson, P. S. A. L Riverside, 111. 

W. N. Stetson, State Superintendent . . Maine. 

Christine G. Sullivan, Art Supervisor . . Cincinnati, Ohio. 

C. L. Traver Trenton, N. J. 

O. D. Thompson Romeo, Mich. 

Lizzie C. Tucker Norwood, Mass. 

William G. Thayer, St. Mark's School . . Southboro, Mass. 

Foreign Photograph Company .... Chicago, 111. 

Frank S. Coe, Principal Columbia School . East Orange, N. J. 

Helen E. Kilham Beverly, Mass. 

Hattie E. Hunt Hartford, Conn. 

Marie D. Newell Arhngton, Mass. 

L. Marie Garnsey Detroit, Mich. 

Eliza A. Herrick, Teachers' College . . New York. 

Janet Emery Trenton, N. J. 

Miss J. L. Southwick Worcester, Mass. 

Annie L. Warner Boston, Mass. 

Emma R. Thompson Philadelphia, Pa. 

Charles E. Dodge Salem, Mass. 

J. C. Dana Denver, Colo. 

Ethel Vaughan Cambridge, Mass. 

Alfred C. Wait, Boston Herald .... Boston, Mass. 

G. Cooley Tice, Supervisor of Drawing . Pawtucket, R. I. 

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Myra Jones, Supervisor of Drawing . . . Detroit, Mich. 

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C. M. Jordan, Superintendent Minneapolis, Minn. 

Mrs. M. H. Dowd Manchester, N. H. 

Mrs. F. H. Barnard ........ Minneapolis, Minn. 

Elizabeth H. Perry Bridgewater, Mass. 

F. F. Frederick Urbana, 111. 

Kate Gannett Wells Boston, Mass. 

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